Clarification from the agency

You may apply if you are a current DOJ employee with career/career conditional tenure in the Competitive Service (You must submit an SF-50 that reflects current employment with DOJ and career/career-conditional tenure (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).) Also open to Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) eligibles.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Supports the Assistant Director in formulating and directing the development, interpretation, and promulgation of strategies, policies, standards, practices, systems, and controls governing all aspects of EOIR' s Budget; Finance; and Appropriations; Procurement Services; Human Resources; Logistics and/or Administrative Resource Center (ARC); Security Operations; Space and Facilities.
• Coordinates with Division Chiefs the formulation, oversight, and implementation of EOIR wide policies.
• Plans and initiates a comprehensive evaluation system for the review and analysis of proposed costs, program development, and performance measures.
• Drafts guidance and direction regarding program management and reporting.
• Develops plans, tasks, milestone dates and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of the programs/projects.
• Establishes program objectives and units of measure for determining when objectives have been met.
• Acts as a key advisor and technical consultant to customers in matters pertaining to functions within the Office of Administration.
• Plans the work to be accomplished by staff.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• You must complete a background investigation, credit check, and drug test.
• Selective Service Registration is required, as applicable.
• Moving and Relocation Expenses are not authorized.
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply section).
• A one year probationary period may be required, if not already met.
• Must be a Current DOJ Employee and applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements for consideration.
• Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for the Deputy Assistant Director position, you must meet the following time in grade requirements and minimum qualifications:

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-14 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-15 level. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined, your application will be rated ineligible. Please see Required Documents for additional information).

AND

FOR THE GS-15 LEVEL:

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties:

• Formulating strategies, policies and controls governing all aspects of budget, financial management; human resources, and contracts and procurement programs and operations;
• Developing systems, procedures and processes for conducting assessments of Division operations and conformance with established goals, policy, standards and controls for all programs and operations; AND
• Establishing performance standards and evaluating performance of supervisors and providing second level review of staff performance.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applicants applying under merit promotion procedures will be rated in accordance with the EOIR's Merit Staffing plan. Once the application process is complete, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the Assessment Questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

You will be rated based on the following knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs) or competencies:

• Administration and Management
• Oral Communication
• Planning and Evaluating
• Project Management
• Strategic Thinking

• Employer name and location for each position held.
• From and to dates (MM/YY-MM/YY or from MM/YY to "present") for each position held. The month and year is required to fully credit your time.
• For part-time positions, please include number of hours worked per week, positions that do not include this information will be assumed as full-time (40 hours a week).
• Grade/levels held for each federal position. (Ex. GS-11; IR-06; FV-G…etc.)
• Detailed descriptions of experience under each position held. (Applicants must provide specific supporting examples to show that they meet the qualifications of the position shown in the announcement.)
• Any submitted documents not required or requested for this vacancy will not be considered (i.e. training certificates, case filings, letter of recommendations, etc.).